For Linux

Install on Linux

One command. Works on every distribution — Arch, Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, openSUSE and more.

1 Run the installer

Open a terminal and paste this. It downloads HeyWatch and adds it to your app menu — no root, no package manager needed.

curl -fsSL https://heywatch.tv/install.sh | sh

Find HeyWatch in your applications menu and launch it, or
run heywatch from the terminal (if ~/.local/bin is on your PATH).
The server starts automatically — open it from the window or your browser at localhost.

HeyWatch on Linux updates by re-running the installer — same as Docker or Tailscale. It fetches the latest version and replaces it in place.

curl -fsSL https://heywatch.tv/install.sh | sh

Distro notes & requirements

The installer ships a universal AppImage, so the steps are identical on every distro. Most desktops already include everything it needs.

If the app doesn't open, install FUSE (needed to run AppImages):

Prefer to download the file manually

Grab the AppImage, make it executable and run it:

chmod +x HeyWatch-Linux.AppImage && ./HeyWatch-Linux.AppImage

Uninstall

Remove the app, its launcher and the binary:

rm -rf ~/.local/share/heywatch ~/.local/bin/heywatch ~/.local/share/applications/heywatch.desktop